"Mr. Finn, I saw you give daylily food?"

Pushing open the botanist's door, Lindsay, now 16 years old, walked inside.

He untied the hat above his head and carefully shook it off outside the door before leaning it against the door.

"I'll just leave this kind of thing to me."

"It's raining heavily, and it's not convenient for you to go out."

Finn just smiled and shook his head:

"Kid, it's okay."

"I'm old, but it's not a problem to feed a chicken. But I'm going to bother you to touch it for a while, did the daylilies lay eggs yesterday? ”

"I'll go check it out."

Finn's voice landed, and Lindsay's figure disappeared without a trace in the doorway.

He rushed out of the house at great speed, inspected the chicken coop, and then returned to the house.

The whole process took only three seconds.

By the time he placed the two eggs in his hand in front of Finn, only a few drops of rain had fallen from his shoulders.

"Daylilies are quite competitive, there are two today."

Finn nodded, his eyes flashing with admiration for Lindsay, and he noticed Lindsay's superhuman speed.

"Athletic posture, it seems that your life essence should have completed the first stage of cultivation, right?"

Lindsay admits frankly:

"That's right, it's time for the second step."

Not so long ago.

After three years of continuous healthy rest.

Lindsay's initial cultivation of the essentia of life has been completed, and the essentia in the body is clearly visible.

He now has a stronger physique than ordinary people, as well as a better ability to heal himself.

Mild swelling caused by a bump will automatically resolve within a quarter of an hour.

If a finger is scratched by a sharp page, the wound will heal completely after a day.

These are all abilities that the owner of the life essence will gain after the first advancement.

But it is different from the common sense that all the awakened know.

With the power of the Attributes panel, Lindsay also discovers a truth about the essence of life.

After the advancement, the word [Life Essence] became [Life Lineage], and an icon like the Kabbalah Life Tree was marked; The original (Initial Awakening) level suffix has also evolved into the logo of (Seed of Life).

In this world, people generally treat the cultivation of essentia as an extended energy bar. The skills cultivated by oneself, as well as a series of abilities sublimated by skills, are the most important things for the awakened.

But the properties panel doesn't lie.

Referring to the textual variations, Lindsay had an intuition that there might be a deeper role in cultivating essentia.

At this time, Finn, who was sitting in front of the fireplace, was a little concerned about Lindsay's state:

"As far as I know—"

"The cultivation of the second stage of life essence seems to be more troublesome."

Lindsey was a little embarrassed about the topic, but answered it right away:

"In the second stage, the essentia of life requires me to constantly meet my physiological needs. So lately, I've been eating when I want to eat and sleeping when I want, which has caused a lot of trouble for my grandmother. ”

Finn nodded:

"It is the nature of life to satisfy physical desires, but remember that we are human beings with intellectual nature, and we must not go astray because of the desire to be constantly satisfied."

Lindsay hurriedly waved his hand:

"No, no."

Finn trusted Lindsay so much that he didn't say anything more, but got up tremblingly:

"Come on, let's start class."

Lindsay hurriedly stepped forward to help.

The two of them walked into the study room and began today's study.

The first is Finn's teaching of Lindsay's knowledge.

Lindsay's answers were coherent and clear, and she could hardly find any questions.

Because after three years of study.

The [botany] skills he had obtained from Finn had gone through entry, beginner, mastery, and finally mastery to the present.

Assisted by botany at the Mastery level.

Lindsay has a good basic knowledge in this area and can use it flexibly.

Even if you see a completely unfamiliar plant in the wild.

He was also able to deduce the approximate year of growth, as well as some of its habits and possible uses.

Actually, the ability to learn from several other teachers.

Most of Lindsey has also broken through to the level of mastery.

In particular, it is used every day, and the "lingua franca" that grows experience in small increments almost all the time. It has become the only ability among all Lindsay's skills to go beyond the (mastery) level and advance to the (master) level.

Master-level [Lingua Franca] skills.

Let Lindsay know all the scripts of the language, and even understand the dialects that have evolved from the lingua franca!

"Very good, Lindsay."

"As long as you are willing, with the knowledge you have now, it should be easy to awaken the skills of the Life School."

After the test, Finn smiled with satisfaction.

But he also lamented that Lindsay had not yet chosen the school's approach.

Lindsay reluctantly replied:

"Teacher, I'm still far away."

Lindsay's attitude seemed modest.

But the actual reason is that his life essence has been fused with the skills of [Gamer], and it is impossible to awaken other abilities.

Another kind of will-essenbia.

Lindsay has not experienced any emotional ups and downs at the moment, and naturally has no growth.

Moreover, according to Hongyue, he also did not plan to be distracted for the time being, and concentrating on the cultivation of life essence was the current focus.

Finn was noncommittal to Lindsay's answer.

He waved his hand and stood up from his chair, while Lindsay quickly helped the other person around, and the two of them went to the glass greenhouse in the wooden house.

Several species cultivated here have just broken ground.

Finn read out the state of each plant as usual, while Lindsay stood by with a notebook in her hand, jot down information such as 'healthy growth', 'failed hybridity of seeds', 'yellowing of false leaves', 'small rhizomes that are prone to lodging'.

Lindsey studied with Finn and knew that these crops were new hardy crops that had been cultivated.

Thinking of his teacher's methods, he couldn't help but ask:

"Teacher, I remember that you can control the life speed of plants, so that they can quickly experience a lifetime, blossom and bear fruit?"

Lindsay's subtext is:

Why don't you let the plants multiply quickly instead of letting them grow quickly, but leave them or let them grow slowly.

Finn shook his head slowly:

"Child, pay attention to the process."

"Blindly looking for results will inevitably lead astray in order to take shortcuts."

"That kind of rush is only a stopgap measure in special circumstances. Excessive extraction and manipulation of life will deprive them of the brilliance of life that they might otherwise display. ”

Later, Finn gave another example:

"Once in Volcano City, there was a life scientist named Gustin who cultivated plants with specific needs in this rapid way in just one year. But as a result, the best species he seemed to have cultivated developed developed two days later developed an inherent virulence and quickly died out under normal growth. ”

"The plants we cultivate must be cultivated by ordinary people after all, and this work cannot be treated from the perspective of the awakened."

After a routine inspection of the plants, Finn and Lindsey returned to the antechamber.

At this moment, the time has come to noon, and the sound of rain outside has gradually disappeared, and this is the end of today's lecture.

Of course, Finn thought about it past noon and continued to teach Lindsay in the afternoon.

But his physical strength was no longer enough to support the day's work.

At this time, Lindsay took the initiative to speak to Finn:

"Teacher, can I read here in the afternoon?"

Finn nodded in agreement, and said in passing:

"Also, when you go back tonight, bring a message to Lady Hongyue, saying that I need to discuss the essentia of merchants with her."

Lindsey naturally understood.

Finn then sat down to rest, while Lindsay picked up the eggs she had just picked up from the table and began to prepare lunch for the two of them.

Now Lindsay's attribute panel has also been added with the skill of [Cooking].

He's no longer the scary character who can even make scones into a dark dish.

It's a recipe for a simple egg and flour that can be made in front of the fireplace!

After lunch, Finn lay down in bed and rested.

Lindsey walked into the study alone and started what he had been doing for the past three years.

- Prepare for a breakthrough to Montenegro!